The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-02

o. any nlnn. Applause nnd eligerB You
ncllleged those g1eat victories n The rasf IN
unity by discipline and By organization.
dark cloud that lowered over your ifesis ~
wien the whole power Of the Federal gov
G17Iment wHH eEertad, its military Rqfu n.
Nnkea e suppress the wills and HE voice az
Tue r.hite people Of Louisiana. When vou,
cause which is
NoEE SACRED THAN ANY CAUSE
in which man has ever been engaged IN 4l,s
struggle of humanity, when You we're IN.
ing ~ hold IN N our midst the bright ligh+
nt Naruaiuan civilization; when YOU stood
shoulaeE % shoulder, never yielding to TIE
IetT 81, q g the hlureInents Of the powers
th9t threatened yqu, when you have engaged
IA thRt cause that armed the hand Of enid.
hpqd Atseif and rehraced the slaeEened sinews
o. tl4nld. wenried age. tApplhuRe.l
When YOU my fellow-citiEeRH, were united:
Mheh your ranks were SERTED; when yoit
showed that iudemftahle ceuraEe, Tint nm.
yielding deygton to the cause which Won ao
herQlcatiy defended and maintained: you ala
i then. % united Democracy. You then
frowtled down every effort that was made Il
diaorganize OF 70 disintegrate that party.
IApplause.1 And wish 70 appeal to you to
remind you not only Of what elements Of
power and Of manhood you used in the past
atruggles: bpt n my Judgment you are con.
frontea With that same peril, that same
danger which confronted you Ia the past and
| u viii be presented TO you in another form,
| ! dc not refer TO Con. Nichols or lis follow.
ing, but do refer TO the
PUBLIC UTTEEANcEs AND oFFIoIAL ACTS
qf Nichols during his administration. ]
have never made an nllusion to what he did
10 order TO establish his government We
! were all enga ged IN that great effort What
ever we did Was actn0ted bylsenBe Of public
duty, recognizing that We had in 1876 to
1 wtegt our beloved State from the tbralldon
Of Radical rule; but my friends. II wa
| under che government that was established
that Nichols did two. things, which, il my
Judgement, be ought not to have done, ono a
| o Democratic Governor and one as q Demo-
4 cratic lasder. / refer 10 his course az CHIEF
4 Executive during the Ienhas troubles You
| must remember thai you now have
A WHITE MANS GOVERNMENT
4 in this State, SO far as the State government
1 is concerned; but that 90 far rs your loea
J governments are concerned you may stil
4 have the heel of oppression upon your necks
| you may still have those local governments
wllloh are detests hle to the pTlde q the yhit'
I people OF this State. IN 1873 our fellow
| Democrats in the parish Of Tensas did wha
| they thought they had right TO do. Ihe5
did il to protest their hreBides; they did It t
| protect themselves against Radical domino
4 tlpn, and they reBOTt6d TO extreme measures
| ---H you will--yOp may call 1t d revelation i
| you choose; but IBay that under those cir
! cuInstanCes regret that Gov. Nichols, theI
a Democratio, Governor did net take tn
hove taken, and that is to the ext0nt Of hi
power exercised sympathy il khlt struggle
4 tCheeTB and applause lie acted from pgr
| and conscientious motives. BIC believed tina
1 2 conservative policy was the best policy tina
Louisiana, Re believed that a Ooneilatarl
policy was the WiBeyt policy that he ooult
| pursue as q Democratic Governor OF Louis
| ana. He believed that Northern 6entinen
II M, lln
| QoyerAor. i, fellog-citizeng. 10 not believ
Let me tell you that Il this, oonseryatiy
policy had prevailed with us in lS76 whel
/ Nichols was elected GoYernor-5if THAT giey
4 81 The duty Of white Democrats In this Stat
hsd been adopted, In my Judgment we youl,
4 to-day be wTithlng under che bhghtlni
curse Of negro Domination. A9pleqsg.l l
lana did not accept that view; i, was becaus
| tine Democracy Of North Louisiana gTugpe
that terrible problem with firm and ltol
\ hand, that We enjoy to-day constitutions
/ liberty [Nopiferous gpplause,l
! say that that was an Executive act Whlcl
Is open to Just and fair criticism. hay
/ seennO reohntRtion; l have seen no With
drawHl Of the views ana the opinions a. e
pressed BY Sisn. Nichols, and say I tilaB
eratie convention, give my Endorsement an
my approYal4o those vieNs.
Again, my fetlOW-gitizens, you hay
heard sOlnetlnng ABOUT
THE HUNT BoIT.
\ That was oGhe where p Democratic CONVEX
ton unanimously nominated 9 true and tl1e
! Democrat for Congress. No one has eYs
! questioned the regularity OF the proceeding
of that convention: no one has ever Mhis
\ pared word oi Islander against the ppbhe 2
| private character Of Col Louis St. Martin
\ who was unanimously n6H1Hated by INA
/ convention On thec0ntFAry, in advance Q
the time when that convention meti th 2tglr
wasa bolt from the DemQcfate party. ~
4 regular Democracy in thas dlAtlict mad
every proposition that could be made to thoF
! genfieJnBn iii order 70 bring them back VILE
| In the regular BenocrGtle fold. They qttere
them primary elechous; they, offered tllal
an equal number Of judges and e9lnnlBslfqI
ers Of election; they appealed TO them n9t !
4 disrupt the DenoosAtic plTsy, 70 stand y
thc oolOrs Of the DenOefAflG Marry en-
mind YOU, this vas IN a Presidential eslei
\ Nieiiolls went into that district and made
speech iustifying that bolt, ana aHlltng u
felluW-Demoerats to vote for Alf. Aunt WI
had never been nominated, and, 70 Eot
against Col ST. Mtrtip, vino was The unan
Now, NV friends, IN did times II ma
were to do thing Of that kind ne W9ui
scarcely, four years after. run 1or me holi
ination Of tie Democratic Convention II
Governor. tApplause.l In old times, whe
we believed In discipline and N rgAnlAalloi
when we believed In party tealty, me
would scarcely have gotnp before bls tell0Y
citizens and told them that ~ Raa llSsts5,
that bolt In q public speech. a bolt II WINK
these reform gentlemen tand intend
Rllude 10 them, in " mute, "a 2 Yel
, ! friendly way, though,l bad gone Dslqfe u
United States court, before Aepln3h VI. 81
Federal Judge, ard asked tllat Federal llael
To iABue an order striking of the names q
SEVEN THOUSAND DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
I, in that district. Why, / made speech
4 | That eampaign, made O speech ~ Thht 81
/ frict, and instead Of advising NY telIq,W-tei
! zena to vote for D boiling ticket told We
4 1 that that application to shat heae1al luaBe
strike OF the names Of 1000 pemoerat
4 voters IA that district eelipsed n ehoIiln
Z and infamy the falGpps nldnaglt order
I Judge DuTell lNociterous apnlaliheiil ~
Z fauRtely tic judge ala not giant that 9tae
I | ia dig1nssed III, although he was Eepn
I. nan Judge, from the bench; aqd lel !
Z telI you that II that order haq Pc
4 issiled the electoral vote Of the Stisse
and Logan. IApplause.l now solhe Is
4 ple may cali that Democracy con
\ 4 if1y can any one who engaged
I f6at movement ever eondelana Doll IA +
+ state Of Louisiana 10 the DemQeiaue ha I 7
/ Y Id We are TO encourage bolts what Notlll, !
! conn Of uss Ih4Ye been Nilppgq; hsNe Y
Il q Fs.,y sOro head something's; have Ieis
keen anguish of pQliheal diseppolSSi tl3l .a
4 4 but whEt dlSi 90 lilg Wy ii III
renksof the Democratic party and psssts
- could IN defense " he principles Of =
p4EE nov aahsdRef a that some Of those 81
4 telnan
z oa5EoT 70 RErEg CALLED REfoRalERs,
Z We did not give them that nllne; tne a1f I,
v I1rapiisted It themselves. tl4hughtef. II 81
4 we're proud oE II in 1884. lsmhaH.l "a ga y y
:, movement ali their political doeulnseilt Il
y hsaded 'sfxcoutiye Committee 81 tlle
\, fnrm honoegaeg Of Tho FIRST Dlstlset
4 ouisians. They were proud OK tnal ilAl
y fheil. and when They weit " @a5litil y
4 nd poigoned the mind 81 ne lfesiss;
y the pelnQcreiie STATE atilliilis is.
z MT we're pYend Of the name q ttst t
4, Ysslaotrais fCheerg and appAe8e;l III
Y nh Ksfnoelan vas appQlptea naysa 9 IN
,sbiSli VAS She4irst apppili ililenf illitqe "
Z ,isytiaiid, tie dispatches Nent out to
"a nefs 81 New Orleans Eeprc9eiiiilins ~ y
q aSfsf Victory for tha Reform i,ehiae4S'
= fssfr Hernocben, who euppQrNQ FL
aeainst tlie St. Martin. no.itqa!i9p
bean appointed pesEl qineef. f, y, y "
II ,S X cons appointment that Mae lisas /.
q FiS0 of q Hunt HnppqFlsfl Any Mei ~ &,
~ i4adot tie heading that the ftiyltn ~ ~